Epic species names
A list of species carrying a remarkable name
Ferdy Christant created this list 11 years ago
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Chilobrachys dyscolus, Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam -
Lilly Pilly Leaf Beetle - Paropsides calypso -
Confusing Pygmy Cricket - Pteronemobius truncatus -
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens) -
Sheep-eating Plant (Puya chilensis) -
Butterfly - Rhinopalpa polynice stratonice -
Carnival Candy Slime Mold (Arcyria denudata), Caquetá, Colombia -
Dragon's Breath - Halymenia durvillei -
Small Giant Clam - Tridacna maxima -
Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri (Cactaceae) -
Cat's Whiskers - Orthosiphon aristatus -
Flashlight Shield Lady Beetle -
Oak Shothole Leafminer - Japanagromyza viridula -
Crazy Ant! -
Fairy Pins (Phaeocalicium polyporaeum) -
Leafhopper Assassin Bug -
Rhaphidosoma lutescens -
Egg and Bacon -
Slender devils twine - Cassytha glabella -
Cicada-Alarm Clock Squawker -
Lovely Princess Flower - Monochaetum amabile -
Gymnosporangium clavariiforme -
Whitewater Rockmaster (m) -
Hickory Spiny Ball Gall Midge (Caryomyia spiniglobus)